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  1. Raman signatures of astrocytoma metabolism alterations induced by crocin, fucoxanthin and lutein

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, December 2025, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  2. RETRACTED: The effect of enantiomers of thalidomide on colon cells-Raman spectroscopy studies

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, November 2025, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  3. All-trans-retinal as a modulator of metabolic and mitochondrial signatures in non-tumorigenic and malignant breast cells: a Raman-based approach

    Article • Microchimica Acta, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  4. How heme environment changes everything essential for the survival of virtually all living cells. Raman analysis of vibrations in hemoglobin and cytochrome c upon oxygen and carbon dioxide

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, October 2025, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  5. Monitoring cellular human breast adenocarcinoma cells’ response to xanthophylls by label-free Raman spectroscopy and imaging

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, October 2025, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  6. Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging Reveal the Effect of β-Carotene Supplementation on Brain Cancer Cells

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  7. Modifications of Cytochrome c by Retinoic Acid Play a Crucial Role in Mitochondrial Dysfunction of Triple-Positive Human Breast Cancer Cells: Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging Study

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  8. The Triangle: Carotenoids–Retinoids–Cytochromes Govern Essential Functions for Development and Progression of Cancer

    Article • Spectroscopy Journal, March 2025, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  9. BADANIA SPEKTROSKOPOWE I MIKROSKOPIA SIŁ ATOMOWYCH KOMÓREK I TKANEK, PRAWIDŁOWYCH I NOWOTWOROWYCH LUDZKIEGO PRZEWODU POKARMOWEGO

    Article • Wiadomości Chemiczne, January 2025, Polish Chemical Society

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  10. In vitro analysis of β-carotene supplementation: insights from Raman spectroscopy on brain, lung, and breast cancer cells

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  11. The role of cytochrome c in mitochondrial metabolism of human oocytes

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  12. A Novel HER2 Protein Identification Methodology in Breast Cancer Cells Using Raman Spectroscopy and Raman Imaging: An Analytical Validation Study

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  13. A novel HER2 protein identification methodology in breast cancer cells using Raman spectroscopy and Raman imaging: an analytical validation study

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  14. Raman-AFM-fluorescence-guided impact of linoleic and eicosapentaenoic acids on subcellular structure and chemical composition of normal and cancer human colon cells

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, July 2024, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  15. Raman micro-spectroscopy reveals the spatial distribution of fumarate in cells and tissues

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  16. Monitoring alterations of all-trans-retinal in human brain cancer cells by label-free confocal Raman imaging: regulation of the redox status of cytochrome c

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  17. Effect of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine on Human Lung Carcinoma Cells In Vitro by Means of Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging

    Article • ACS Omega, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  18. Control of Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Flux and Apoptosis by Retinoic Acid: Raman Imaging In Vitro Human Bronchial and Lung Cancerous Cells

    Article • Cancers, September 2023, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  19. Confocal Raman imaging reveals the impact of retinoids on human breast cancer via monitoring the redox status of cytochrome c

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  20. Hemoglobin and cytochrome c. reinterpreting the origins of oxygenation and oxidation in erythrocytes and in vivo cancer lung cells

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  21. The Composite Material of (PEDOT-Polystyrene Sulfonate)/Chitosan-AuNPS-Glutaraldehyde/as the Base to a Sensor with Laccase for the Determination of Polyphenols

    Article • Materials, July 2023, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  22. Raman micro-spectroscopy reveals the spatial distribution of fumarate in cells and tissues

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  23. Evaluation of Label-Free Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy for Monitoring Oxidative Stress In Vitro in Live Human Cancer Cells

    Article • Antioxidants, March 2022, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  24. The effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine on human lung carcinoma cells in vitro by means of Raman spectroscopy and imaging

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  25. Revision of Commonly Accepted Warburg Mechanism of Cancer Development: Redox-Sensitive Mitochondrial Cytochromes in Breast and Brain Cancers by Raman Imaging

    Article • Cancers, May 2021, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  26. Redox Imbalance and Biochemical Changes in Cancer by Probing Redox-Sensitive Mitochondrial Cytochromes in Label-Free Visible Resonance Raman Imaging

    Article • Cancers, February 2021, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  27. Revision of commonly accepted Warburg mechanism of cancer development. Redox-sensitive mitochondrial cytochromes in breast and brain cancers by Raman imaging

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  28. Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Modified by an Electron Beam for Improving Human Breast Cancer Detection by Raman Spectroscopy: A Preliminary Study

    Article • Diagnostics, September 2020, MDPI AG

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  29. Redox state changes of mitochondrial cytochromes in brain and breast cancers by Raman spectroscopy and imaging

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  30. Novel strategies of Raman imaging for monitoring intracellular retinoid metabolism in cancer cells

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  31. Monitoring the effect of therapeutic doses of gamma irradiation on medulloblastoma by Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  32. Aberrant Protein Phosphorylation in Cancer by Using Raman Biomarkers

    Article • Cancers, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof Agnieszka Sliwinska, prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  33. Histochemical analysis of human breast tissue samples by IR and Raman spectroscopies. Protocols discussion

    Article • Infrared Physics & Technology, September 2018, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  34. Raman micro-spectroscopy for accurate identification of primary human bronchial epithelial cells

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  35. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Human Breast Cancer via Silver Nanoparticles: An Examination of Fabrication Methods

    Article • Journal of Spectroscopy, July 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Beata Brozek-Pluska, prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  36. Application of confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy for label-free monitoring of oxidative stress in living bronchial cells

    Article • February 2018, SPIE

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  37. Graphitic and oxidised high pressure high temperature (HPHT) nanodiamonds induce differential biological responses in breast cancer cell lines

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  38. Current and Emerging Technologies for Probing Molecular Signatures of Traumatic Brain Injury

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, August 2017, Frontiers

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  39. Label-free monitoring of tissue biochemistry following traumatic brain injury using Raman spectroscopy

    Article • The Analyst, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  40. Photostability of biological systems—Femtosecond dynamics of zinc tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine at cancerous and noncancerous human Breast tissues

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, January 2017, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  41. Epigenetic changes in cancer by Raman imaging, fluorescence imaging, AFM and scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). Acetylation in normal and human cancer breast cells MCF10A, MCF7 and MDA-MB-231

    Article • The Analyst, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  42. Surface, optical and photocatalytic properties of silica-supported TiO2 treated with electron beam

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Waldemar Maniukiewicz, prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  43. The lipid-reactive oxygen species phenotype of breast cancer. Raman spectroscopy and mapping, PCA and PLSDA for invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma. Molecular tumorigenic mechanisms beyond Warburg effect

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  44. Raman microspectroscopy of noncancerous and cancerous human breast tissues. Identification and phase transitions of linoleic and oleic acids by Raman low-temperature studies

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Beata Brozek-Pluska, prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  45. The role of lipid droplets and adipocytes in cancer. Raman imaging of cell cultures: MCF10A, MCF7, and MDA-MB-231 compared to adipocytes in cancerous human breast tissue

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  46. Oncologic photodynamic diagnosis and therapy: confocal Raman/fluorescence imaging of metal phthalocyanines in human breast cancer tissue in vitro

    Article • The Analyst, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  47. Raman imaging at biological interfaces: applications in breast cancer diagnosis

    Article • Molecular Cancer, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  48. Raman spectroscopy of visible-light photocatalyst – Nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide generated by irradiation with electron beam

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, April 2013, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  49. Raman ‘optical biopsy’ of human breast cancer

    Article • Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, January 2012, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  50. The label-free Raman imaging of human breast cancer

    Article • Journal of Molecular Liquids, November 2011, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  51. From breast tissue diagnosis by Raman spectroscopy to femtosecond dynamics at the phospholipid membrane-water interface

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki

  52. The hallmarks of breast cancer by Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, April 2009, Elsevier

    prof ucz dr hab inz Jakub M. Surmacki